The mayors of Jocotepec, Jalisco and Plymouth, California formally sealed ties of friendship and cooperation between their respective communities at a ceremony held Friday, February 21 at the doorstep of Jocotepec’s Municipal Palace.

San Antonio Tlayacapan community activists Victoria Corona and Rosa Maria Ibarra are spearheading an ad hoc defense committee to fight the National Water Commission demolition order issued for the waterfront Malecon.

A huge turn-out for the recent three-day Operación Compasión spay and neuter clinic indicates that villagers in San Juan Cosala are latching on to the concept of family planning for their household pets.

The death of Roca Azul trailer park resident John Paul Abeel last week hasn’t flustered long-term inhabitants of the park. Abeel was a loner who lived on the edge of the transient RV community and wasn’t well known, even to his nearest neighbor, who lives just ten meters from the now sealed motorhome.

Local contractor Marco Zaragoza hosted a meeting at La Nueva Posada last week to discuss his vision for the Centro Deportivo Acuatico Axixic, a sports complex designed as a facility for local youth to train in swimming, diving and water polo and a hub for non-motorized boating disciplines.

The Lake Chapala Jewish Congregation (LCJC) in Riberas (Santa Margarita 113) will host a symposium on Wednesday, March 12, 2 p.m. on the issues raised by the prominent Israeli journalist and writer, Ari Shavit, in his recent monumental book “My Promised Land.”